The proposal, approved by the People's Republic of China (PRC) State Council, seeks to establish a national nature reserve on the Scarborough Shoal — known as Democracy Reef (民主礁) in Taiwan, Huangyan Island (黃岩島) in China and the Panatag Shoal in the Philippines — which is claimed by all three countries.

Taiwan is stepping up efforts to grow inbound tourism and guide visitors beyond its capital with new routes, nature trails and island attractions.

Illustration of a robust nested molecular cage, featuring an inner octahedron enclosed within an outer truncated tetrahedron. Its structure was validated using high-field NMR spectroscopy, cryo-EM, and HAADF-STEM single-molecule imaging. (Image: National Taiwan University)

At a glance, you might be forgiven for assuming that MVRDV's upcoming project is a cluster of naturally formed boulders. Look closer, though, and you'll notice a number of concrete tourism buildings that are carefully designed to blend in with the rugged ...

Beijing’s plan for a nature reserve on a contested South China Sea shoal is “lawfare” to establish sovereignty, say international relations experts.

There were 89 certified forest therapy guides nationwide as of last month, Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency Director-General Lin Hwa-ching (林華慶) said on Wednesday, adding that the goal is to industrialize the profession.

The Philippines is protesting a plan by China to establish a nature reserve at one of the most hotly disputed shoals in the South China Sea and demanding that Beijing withdraw it immediately.

The Philippines is locked in a bitter territorial dispute with China, which claims sovereignty over nearly the entire South China Sea —including features such as Scarborough Shoal that lie well within the U.S. ally's exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

More than 99% of eel products sold in 11 countries and regions worldwide come from three species at risk of extinction, a recent joint study by a Japanese and Taiwan­ese research team showed, underscoring the opaque nature of the global eel trade.